Clinical review: the hospital of the future—building intelligent environments to facilitate safe and effective acute care delivery.

Brian W Pickering; John M Litell; Vitaly Herasevich; Ognjen Gajic

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Clinical review: the hospital of the future—building intelligent environments to facilitate safe and effective acute care delivery.

May 16, 2012

Pickering BW, Litell JM, Herasevich V, et al. Crit Care. 2012;16(2):220.

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This review suggests that safety improvement efforts apply human factors, ergonomics, informatics, and systems engineering concepts to ensure lasting progress.

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